Author: Balli Kaur Jaswal
The title may seem off-putting for many readers and I have to confess that I was a little embarrassed to take this book out and read it on a plane. Before I go too far let me tell you that there is plenty of romance but very little eroticism in the book. The story is set around the strong sikh culture and traditions in Southall, London.
Nikki is a young India girl who is working as a bartender in a local West London Pub. She is independent and a bit of a rebel from her fairly traditional Sikh parents and sister. She is a law school dropout and is eager to find a toehold on a career ladder, so when she sees an add for creative writing she jumps at it. One thing leads to another and she finds herself teaching a classroom of Sikh widows don’t know how to read and write. She gets creative and you have to read the novel for the rest of the details. The book has a little bit of everything; there’s romance, comedy, mystery, suspense and it is well written and a joy to read.
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